Corset-stay brace and abdomen support



Mar. 6, 1923.-

M. W. ELLS CORSET STAY BRACE AND ABDOMEN SUPPORT Filed OCT;v 17, 1921 gnvm/Hoz 61H01 ne Patented lt/llar. ti, 'QZSQ H9 'g weer fe., ,m eers sei im man w. sans, or arman, rarnrrnsora.

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Application led ctober 17, 1921. Serial No. 503,134t.

To @ZZ whom it may concern: Secured to one side of the closure ofthe conBe it known that MAE W. ELLs, a citiset, adjacent the stay 1l, is apiece of strong zen of the United States, residing at Adrian, fabric 1G,the edge adjacent the stay being 55 in the county of Noble, State ofltflinnesota, provided with a series of eyes 17 secured 5 have inventedcertain new and useful nithereto. Secured to the other side of the cloproveniente in Corsetstay Braces` and Abdosure of the corset, and at adistance rearmen Supports; and l do hereby declare the wardly lof thestay 12,is a strip 18 of fabric of following to be a full, clear, andenact dethe same width as the strip or piece 16, but of 6o scription ofthe invention, such as will engreater length. llhe longitudinal centerof 10 able others skilled inthe art to which it ap` this strip 18 isdisposed on the line of the pertains to make and use the saine. lowerends of the stays 11v and 12, so that This invention relates to new anduseful the lower half of the strip lies on the skirt improvements incorsets and particularly to of the corset. The strip 18 is preferably 55attachments therefor. formed from two or more layers of fabric,

15 @ne object of the invention is to provide and between these layers,andin the center" an attachment for a corset `by means of of the strip,is secured ametal plate 19, the

y which the stays will be held in proper posisame beingr of considerablysmaller dimention and prevented-from bulging outwardly. sions than thestrip. llhe metal plate is so 70 .ff-another object is to provide anattachdisposed within the strip 18 that one half 20 ment for a corsetwhich serves not only to of it is disposed above the stay line and themaintain the ends of the stays in position, other half below said line,so that the lower but serves as an abdominal retainer or supends of thestays rest against the plate. It port. will be noted that the largerfabric member 75 Another object is to provide'a device of 18, when drawnacross the front of the corthis character which can be easily andset,`and hoolred to the eyes 17 of the memquickly secured to any corsetnow on the ber 16, by the hooks 20,`carried by the free market withoutmodification` to the corset. edge of the member 18, disposes the metalOther objects and advantages will be applate 19 directly against thelower endsv of 80 parent from the following description when the stays11 and 12, thus holding these stay taken in connection with theaccompanying ends from bending outwardly from the front drawing. of thecorset, and also holding the stays so In the drawing: that they will notbulge outwardly. Figure 1 is an elevation of a corset showlt will befurther noted that the lower 85 ing the invention applied thereto. halfof the attachment lies ibelow the stay Figure 2 is an enlarged verticalsectional line, and is flexible, so` that when properly view through oneof the front stays of the hooked together across the front of thecorcorset and the attachment, on the line 2 2 set, the attachment servesto hold the abof Figure 1. v domein in and up, thus producing an ef- 90Figure '3 is a sectional view, enlarged on fective support for theabdomen. 40 the line 3-3 of Figure 1, running longitudi- While l haveillustrated the device as apnallyof the attachment. pliedto the front ofthe corset, it will be Referring particularly to the accompanyreadilyunderstood that the attachment may ing drawing, 10 represents a corsetwhich be used with equal e'ectiveness at the rear 935 has the frontstays 11 and 12 which carry of the corset, and on the stay line, to holdthe fastening studs and loops 13 and 14, rethe rear stays againstbending.

spectively. The lower ends of these sta-ys What is claimed is: aredisposed-at the points 15, which is a dis- The combination with a corsethaving a tance above the lower end of the corset. front closure andstays terminating at a line 100 This lower end portion of the corsetisden above the lower end ofthe corset, of an atible and forms the skirtof the corset, the tachment therefor comprising a short strip. samebeing provided with the fasteners 13 of fabric secured to the corset atone side and 14;', at the closure, Y of the closure adjacent the stay,said strip extending in parallel relation to the Stay ter of the longerstrip and arranged to lie and provided with eyes, a. longer strip ofacross the ends of the engaged stays. 10 fabric secured at one end tothe corset at In testimony whereof, I aX "my signatlle other side of theclosure and at adsture, in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

tance rearwardly of the stay and provided MAE W. ELLES. with hooks forengagement with the said Witnesses: f eyes, seid longer stripextendingacross the LELIAH. J ONES, closure, and a stiff plate secured to thecen-4 Gr. V. Mmmm'.

